STRONGER TOGETHER Public & Environmental Health Services Australia & New Zealand The Public and Environmental Health service line of Eurofins Agroscience Services undertakes laboratory and field research in the development of products and strategies to control, inhibit and repel urban pests. Field work is conducted in residential, commercial and natural environments. All laboratory trials are conducted on site at our Gosford facility (New South Wales) in four 20m3 stainless steel lined test chambers with adjustable ventilation. These chambers are suitable for testing aerosols, liquid emanating devices and total release devices for crawling and flying insects and also for cockroach and ant bait evaluations. Mosquito, fly, leech, tick, sandfly and march fly repellent testing can also be conducted in the chambers or in the field with human volunteers. Our insectary at Gosford maintains colonies of mosquitoes, houseflies, Australian sheep blowflies, American cockroaches, German cockroaches, silverfish, stored product pests, snails and slugs. Species that are not bred in the insectary are collected from the field and include ants, spiders, termites, bronze orange bugs and aphids. We have experience in conducting trials in more than 40 different species in both field and lab studies. The species list includes (but is not limited to): • Black House Ants (Ochetellus glaber) • Housefly (Musca domestica) • Coastal Brown Ants (Pheidole megacephala) • Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) • Green Head Ants (Rhytidoponera metallica) • Vinegar Fly (Drosophila spp.) • Meat Ants (Iridomyrmex purpureus) • Sand Fly (Austrosimulium sp.) • White Footed Ants (Technomyrmex albipes) • March Fly (Tabanidae family) • Carpet Beetles (Anthrenus verbasci) • Garden Snails (Helix aspersa) • Common Hide Beetles (Dermestes maculatus) • Grey Garden Slug (Deroceras reticulatum) • Elephant Weevil (Orthorhinus cylindrirostris) • Leopard Slug (Limax maximus) • Flour Beetles (Tribolium sp.) • Brown House Mosquito • Litter Beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) (Culex quinquefasciatus) • American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana) • Dengue Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) • German Cockroach (Blatella germanica) • Cotton Bollworm Moth (Helicoverpa sp) • Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis) • Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella) STRONGER TOGETHER • Bronze Orange Bug (Musgraveia sulciventris) • Black House Spiders (Badumna insignis) • Rodents (Rattus; Mus) • Cellar Spiders (Pholcus phalangioides) • Paper Nest Wasps (Polistes humilis) • Coptotermes termites • Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) • Mastotermes termites • Portuguese Millipedes • Schedorhinotermes termites (Ommatoiulus moreleti) • Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) • Crickets (Gryllidae family) • Paralysis Tick (Ixodes holocyclus) • Earwigs (Forficula auricularia) • Reptiles (snakes) Below are some examples of the types of trials that have been run by the Public and Environmental Health service line. List of treatment types tested to date: • Liquid Bait formulations • In vitro applications • Dust formulations • Liquid vapourizers • Direct sprays • Lotions • Surface sprays • Pellet formulations • Dispensers • Biological actives • Sheet treatments • Copper treatments • Total release aerosols • Gel formulations • Gel baits • Granular formulations • Ingestion treatments • Coils • Light treatments • Arm bands • Suspension concentrates • Roll-ons • Bait application • Liquid formulations • Aerosol formulations • Wax formulations • Space sprays • Barrier formulations • LED treatments • Chemical impregnation • CSED treatments Type of studies conducted: • Palatability • Bioassays • Efficacy • Barrier potential • Bio-equivalence • Chemical Rainfastness • Knockdown • Plant Phytotoxicity • Mortality • Bite inhibition • Residual control • Weathering potential • Attractiveness • Preference • Repellency • Long term barrier protection Regulatory Services provided: • Chemistry and Manufacture • Occupational Health and Safety • Toxicology • Environment • Metabolism and Kinetics • Efficacy and Safety • Residues • Label extensions Eurofins Agroscience Services If you would like to discuss how Eurofins Agroscience Services can assist you, please contact Richard Fenwick Senior Research Scientist t. +61 (0)2 4322 8510 / +61 (0)408 867 965 e. [email protected] Eurofins Agroscience Services Group [email protected] http://agroscience.eurofins.com.au/.